Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-08
COUSIN JONATHAN
Still Purturbed Over the Passage
Of the Irish Crimes
Bill Pending.
Punctures the Governments Gall
Bladder and the Bile Flows.
OVER THE OCEAN.
England.

rail saloon car which was decorated with
flags and the Maine coat of arms. Mr.
Blaine will be the guest at Edinburg of
Andrew Carnegie, and he IS expected TO
speak al a reception organized by the PEG
pie of Edinburg, to show their recognition
of Carnegie's generosity to the city.
The returns issued by the board Of trade
show the imports during the month Of
June decreased &, 800, 900 as compared
with the same month last year and that
the exports decreased e, 220, 0G0 as COM
pared with June. 1886.
In the house of commons tonight on a
molten made for the third reading of the
crimes bill Mr. GLADSTONE amid prolonged
cheers. made g countermOtiOn that the bill
be read a third time this day three months.
Mr.. Gladstone said the bin was the Con
servative alternative to home rule, and
therefore bore different aspect from any
ordinary coercion bill. The old coercion
measures had been aimed at crime only.
but this new one passing beyond crime
aimed at societies (cries of hear, hear'1
Further the bill had been brought with
out any foundation, such as underlaid all
former coercion bills based
on the existence Of exceptional
crime Mr. Balfour had disregarded all
precedent requir ing that the introduction
of coercion measures be pronounced By 3
statement of exceptional crime. Mr.
Gladstone maintained that the increase in
1886 over 1885, in view OF the agricultural
distress in Ireland, was exceedingly small.
Comparing the officials of the Tory govern
ment in power in Ireland in 1885 with
those in power the first five months in 1887
there was a marked decrease in the amount
of agrarian crime Yet in 1885 they had
refrained from introducing a coercive meas
ure from motives of policy. A compari-
son of the past and present statistics afford
ed no show of justification for the present
measure.
Another contrast was that past parlia
ments had been nearly unanimous in ascent
ing to coercion, while this bill was opposed
by large minority in the house and by d
majority of the people in the country; q
majority that was not likely to diminish
(cheers). If parliament retained any re
gard for the traditions of liberty, of party
usages, the measure would be abandoned.
What could they urge to warrant such in
vasion of the peoples liberties. While
resSrting the imputatiOn that the Liberals
had o. the same thing he would admit
that past measures had been failures.
Moreover, new offenses were created
underline measure The attorney general of
Ireland admitted and it was too late to
deny that the bill aimed at the suppression
of exclusive dealings. That was far more
pardonable in the weak and poor than in
the rich and powerful, but it was the ex-
elusive dealings Of the poor against the
strong which the bill aimed at. If a new
crime were created the measure for its sup
preston should operate impartially.
Tho varrrY1ar1t did not dare n
lift a finger in defense of the suggestion
that it apply to England provision such
as it was forcing upon Ireland.
He contended that the government was
bound to extend to the Occupiers Of land in
Ireland a perfect quality with English
trades unions as regards the rights and
privileges enjoyed by the latter, among
which combination and exclusive dealing
were sanctioned. As the bill stood if an
Irishman joined an association it was for
Mr.. Balfour to say whether or not he be-
came criminal by the act, Cheers.
In conclusion Mr. Gladstone said that
ireland after seventy years of oppression
and wrong was in state of misery and
and wretchedness. Cries Of hear. In
the whole British empire, he said there
was not square yard of land which
England held by force alone, except il
Ireland where force was employed. EN-
thusiastic cheers from the Irish benches.
Ireland was held by mastery, but the gov
eminent refused to learn that mastery in
volved responsibility. Cries of hear.
They knew that the whole literature of
the world was against them. Cries OF
mo-.
He challenged the government to men
ton any authority who had reviewed the
relations between England and Ireland
without arriving at a home rule solution
tcheers) The Tories professed to he fight
ing for the union Of the empire, fight in
which the Liberals joined daughter and
cheers. The Liberals held that the charge
of disunion was Ridiculous 1t was evident
that the present state of affairs could not
last long, as Mr. Gladstone believed that
every day tended to bring the Tories
nearer their doom.
Mr. Gladstone moved for the rejection of
the bill amid the cheers Of the Liberal and
Parnellite members Of the houses.
Mr.. Balfour replying TO Gladstone first
referred to the charge that the government
had brought the bill as an alternative To
Mr. Gladstone's home rule proposals. II
that was the case, he said. he felt justified
in saving that il was sufficient to recon-
mend the measuretto the acceptance Of the
house. The government was mainly lust1
fed in introducing its proposals by
the state of social tyranny which
had recently been ordered IL. Ireland g
tyranny that attacked the rights and lib
critics of minorities and most OF those
elementary PRINCIPLES without which a
country could never be prosperous. He
conteuded that crime was worse now IN
Ireland than in 1870 when alr. Gladstone
promoted coercion. He tainted Mr.. Glad
stone with having introduced In 1881 an
arbitrary cOercive measure which enabled
the Irish chief secretary 10 impriSon any
body at will. he ridiculed the compari
son that had been made between trades
unions and societies whose object was the
dismem berment of the empire and which
were supported by foreigners. The trades
unions might well be indignant at com
psrison of their honest. peaceful efforts
with those Of boycotters and political con
spirators.
Forty nine Conservative members signed
a letter to Lord Salisbury asking him to sc
cept Mathews resignation at once. his case
resulting in public agitation against black
mailing Of courtesans by police. The Pail
Mall Gazette leads the movement by reviv-
ing old stories OF infsny by police toward
outcast women. The agitation has reached
Parliment. Pickersgill has given notice Of
motion, II necessary, that inquiry be made
into the administration of London police,
and in lords, Lords Midtown will question
the right of the police 10 arbitrarily arrest
courtesans.
France.